Honey almond snack cake!? You recognize you need to soar in on the enjoyable! This GORGEOUS loaf is completely moist with a calmly floral taste and delightful sponge texture. Bonus? It’s made with out gluten or dairy, however nobody will know.
It’s the proper cake for afternoon tea, brunch gatherings, and past! Simply 10 elements, 1 bowl, and easy strategies (no mixer) required. Let’s bake!
Learn how to Make Gluten-Free Honey Almond Cake
This mild, fluffy gluten-free honey almond cake is made with 10 easy elements:
- Almond flour + almond extract + sliced almonds – the almond extract is the principle contributor of a candy almondy taste on this cake, however the almond flour and sliced almonds additionally do their half. Moreover, the almond flour contributes a light-weight, fluffy texture (to stop gumminess), and the sliced almonds add a beautiful crunch on prime!
- Our Greatest 1:1 Gluten-Free Flour Mix – this dependable gluten-free all-purpose flour substitute enhances the almond flour properly, offering construction and a impartial taste. In case you’re not gluten-free, you could possibly sub all-purpose flour.
- Honey – that is our first cake recipe counting on honey because the sweetener and it might not be the final! It provides a beautiful wealthy taste, retains issues naturally sweetened, and the quantity is simply sufficient to make it style indulgent but snacking-friendly!
- Eggs – although we regularly share vegan recipes, we went with eggs on this one to make sure most fluffiness and construction. In case you’re egg-free, you could possibly attempt utilizing applesauce and/or aquafaba, however we suspect it’ll create a extra dense and crumbly outcome.
- Dairy-free butter + coconut yogurt – these elements add great richness and moisture to this cake. We opted for dairy-free variations, however dairy will work, too.
- The ultimate two: baking powder to assist the cake rise and sea salt for taste stability.
After mixing collectively your moist elements, then including your dry elements, it’s time to pour the batter right into a parchment-lined loaf pan. The parchment paper will stop sticking and make it tremendous simple to take away the cake from the pan.
We additionally suppose this cake would work fantastically in an 8-inch spherical cake pan, however it’ll bake a lot sooner!
Prime with sliced almonds earlier than baking, then pop that magnificence within the oven! After baking and letting the cake cool barely, we love so as to add an additional drizzle of honey. Deliciousness awaits, mates!
We hope you LOVE this honey almond cake! It’s:
Fluffy
Floral
Spongy
Subtly candy
Completely moist
& SO scrumptious!
Seize a slice of cake, pour your self a mug of espresso or tea, relax, and get your snack on! It will additionally pair nicely with Earl Gray Tea, our Lemon Ginger Jasmine Iced Tea, or a Cinnamon Vanilla Dandelion Tea Latte.
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Servings 12 (Slices)
- 1/3 cup softened dairy-free butter (we like Miyoko’s salted // dairy butter would additionally work)
- 3/4 cup honey
- 2 massive eggs (pasture-raised, natural when attainable)
- 1/2 cup dairy-free yogurt (plain, unsweetened // we like a thicker one like Culina // Greek yogurt would additionally work if not dairy-free)
- 1/2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla extract in the event you’re not a fan of almond extract)
- 1 ½ cup MB 1:1 Gluten-Free Flour Mix (or DIY* // or all-purpose flour if not GF)
- 3/4 cup almond flour (we like Wellbee’s)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
Preheat your oven to 350 levels F (176 C) and line an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Put aside.
To a medium mixing bowl, add softened vegan butter and honey. Use a whisk to whip collectively totally. The combination ought to look mild and nicely mixed. Subsequent, add eggs and whisk once more. Add dairy-free yogurt and almond extract and whisk completely.
Add gluten-free flour mix, almond flour, baking powder, and sea salt. Whisk collectively till simply mixed.
Pour the batter into your ready loaf pan and prime with sliced almonds. Bake for 45-50 minutes or till a toothpick will be faraway from the cake with only a few crumbs left behind.
Let cool for 10 minutes, then gently take away from the pan and place on a wire rack to chill fully earlier than slicing and serving. Serve at room temperature plain or with a drizzle of honey!
Retailer leftovers calmly coated at room temperature for as much as 3-4 days. After cooling, it may also be sliced and frozen with parchment paper between slices to stop sticking. Defrost from frozen by inserting within the fridge in a single day or at room temperature for a number of hours.
*Our authentic DIY GF Flour Mix works nicely on this recipe as a 1:1 substitute for our new 1:1 gluten-free mix. We suspect store-bought blends with comparable elements (resembling Bob’s Crimson Mill 1:1 GF Baking Flour) may also work nicely, however we haven’t examined it — tell us in the event you do!
*Loosely tailored from Delish.
*Vitamin data is a tough estimate calculated with out elective elements.
Serving: 1 slice Energy: 245 Carbohydrates: 33.7 g Protein: 3.7 g Fats: 11.8 g Saturated Fats: 5.7 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 1.3 g Monounsaturated Fats: 3.3 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 31 mg Sodium: 180 mg Potassium: 138 mg Fiber: 1.7 g Sugar: 17.9 g Vitamin A: 50 IU Vitamin C: 0.1 mg Calcium: 81 mg Iron: 1.2 mg
